*Neighs*

Sorry it has taken such a long time to get round to writing this. Busy, busy horse!

Scotiacon Report. By Blacksnip the Thoroughbred, aged 11 and a quarter (horse) years.

Hoof on heart, I did not know what to expect of Scotiacon- after all, it was going to be a brand new con, in its first year, probably with a small number of attendees. However, this horse reasoned, it would be nice to visit Inverness again, the scenery would be fantastic, I could combine it with a visit to my dam (mum), I would be able to fursuit in comfort, the hotel would be nice, and Single Malt Whisky would be available and would flow like water. I would have fun whatever. In the event...



...my expectations were exceeded. A hundredfold!

Plus Points- Make Horse Happy!

Awesome con staff working their fuzzy tails off to make it work. Well done guys and gals- you worked really hard and it showed. You did it!

Great events. For me, particularly the Dances, Eat Scotland, Fox Amoore's Jam session, and the Fursuit Walk. Well organised, well planned and tasty (in the case of Eat Scotland. How I love Cullen Skink and Haggis!).

Awesome attendees- Everyone was so friendly, I met lots of new furries, there was no drama, and I found out how awesome a wolf looks in a Black Watch Kilt!

The hotel was really, really nice. Beautiful room, serviced every day despite horsey never being an early riser. Breakfast superb, and put the 'Brittania Big Breakfast' to utter shame! Those sausages were heaven, and the porridge (with salt, no sugar or jam- yeurgghhh!) was amazingly good. The food overall was very, very good. The hotel staff, particularly our liaison, Paul, were absolutely lovely, couldn't do enough for us and seemed to love us! Despite having Googled 'Furry' when they didn't know what to expect from us!

The location. Inverness is a lovely, lively, friendly, sometimes slightly rowdy city, and the surrounding scenery is mind-blowingly beautiful. Mountains and Lochs, dear furries, Mountains and Lochs. Mind you, I am a bit biased...


Minus Points- Make Horse Unhappy!

None. OK, new Con, a few hitches, but no more than any other FurCon I've been to. Including Confuzzled and Eurofurence.


Scotiacon staff, You Did It. After the untimely and sad demise of RBW, the UK has two awesome FurCons again. I didn't know what to expect, but I got a proper FurCon, and I was delighted with it. More than that- an awesome FurCon with Unique Sellling Points (USPs), jargon but useful! And they are:

The FurCon with a really nice hotel (please don't change hotel)

The FurCon with the scenery (please don't change location)

The FurCon that's small and friendly (OK, you can grow a bit. Double in numbers next year? Even treble, still only 150 attendees)

The FurCon with taste and Music (Eat Scotland! Fox Amoore!).


So if you weren't there this year, waiting to see how it all turned out...

... Don't be a Neighsayer next year. Don't miss it again. For it was Horsesome!

Finally, if you want a personal chat about Scotiacon, then please feel free to come and ask me. Get it straight from the horse's mouth!

Blacksnip.